Blend #10, "El Estado Dorado," is crafted from Java varietal cane grown high in the Sierra Norte around Santa Maria Tlalixtac at 2,500 to 3,800 feet above sea level. It was fermented in stainless steel and pine tanks with ambient yeasts, distilled by Los Hermanos Krassel, and assembled from four components:
29% rum aged 28 months in new French oak and finished 10 months in ex-red wine casks; 28% rum aged 23 months in new French oak and likewise finished in red wine casks; 27% rum aged 38 months in ex-bourbon; and 16% pot still rum aged 22 months in new French oak, resting in a "Night on Earth" cask.
The result balances French oak spice with the structure of bourbon barrels and the vinous lift of red wine casks. No water, sugar or coloring was added, so it is bottled at natural strength. Just 907 bottles were produced, blended by Maxwell Reis of Mirate in Los Angeles with Jason Paul Cox of Alambique Serrano, exclusively for California, and bottled in June 2025.
ABV: 56.7%
